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I want to go ho to rush through her systeo home

"I need your help," he said "I don’t have any ive" Her voice sounded thin, breathless, and she despised the weakness in it

Tynan’s eyes sought hers again, catching the her captive

"Oh, I think you do In fact, I’et the hell out of here in about two seconds, I’ood ca laith actual teeth, if you think you’re going to keep following me around"

For some bizarre reason, he seemed to think that was funny, which only confirerous, but he was also crazy His grin flashed in the darkness, as quick and beautiful as lightning in a su herself for the hot twist of lust that coiled deep in her belly at that gorgeous, fleeting grin Then it was gone, leaving no indication that he was anything but deadly serious

"You can make this easy or hard, Lily But the end result will be the sa not to have this conversation," Lily replied, thuht to just hit it and send hi, despite her heart pu like she had just run a marathon, some small, twisted part of her wasn’t quite ready to let Tynan vanish again But she had to make this stop, she knew The stress, the return of her insohtain because of his appearance in her life Whatever he wanted to say to her, whatever help he wanted, Lily needed to walk away from it now, on her own ter her that to stand here any longer was to invite madness

She’d spent too long building walls against such things to let it in now

"I’ now, Tynan If that really is your na, I’ll set off the alarain, I’ll call the cops Find somebody else to fixate on I can’t help you"

His dark brows drew together as she backed toward her car, not stopping now Her heart still thundered in her ears, but she tried to keep her breathing steady, tried not to stu, and she knew she was going to have to push that button after all But just as she felt the corasp frantically for the door handle, Tynan’s head snapped to the side, al his name The movement was so abrupt, so unexpected, that even Lily paused for a moment to see what he had heard Whatever it was, he didn’t like it

"Bloody hell"

When he looked at her again, the change in hi in her throat, trapped only because the look on his face had stolen her breath coht as the ht His lips were peeled back in a feral snarl over teeth that glinted long and sharp He looked like a--

"Go hoh bracing for an attack--or preparing to launch one "Lock the doors and s Let no one in I’ll meet you there"

She stared, astounded at the instructions What kind of fool did he think she was?

"You actually think I’ to--"

"I think you’ll do as I say if you want to survive, Lily Quinn There are far worse things stalking the night than me, and it seems I’m not the only one who’s found you If you want to live, do as I say Go ho to anyone else, unless you want to be responsible for losing theers wrapped around the door handle She couldn’t contain her sob of relief as sheto the paveht, couldn’t think at all, really There was only Tynan’s voice, his terrible words, ringing in her ears And coupled with everything she’d seen, everything she’d felt, they rang horrifically true

The night had thickened around her to the point where any h water Even the lights, norone dull and di so badly she could barely disentangle herself fro noise was vibrating through the darkness

Growling

She finally got the door shut Lily sla her own shaking h so her body and she was only an observer She threw the car into drive, gripping the wheel so hard her hands ached And still she couldn’t stop herself fro one last time at the man--the creature--who had just laid out a choice between letting hi at the hands of who knehat Probably so her of a cat giving its last warning before attacking His head was turned as he looked somewhere off to the side of her, out toward the athletic fields And he was so still he aze on hih his eyes never left whatever he was tracking, he spoke, and the word he snarled was so loud he ht have been in the car with her